Objective
CONNECT aims to provide concepts, technologies and components that support enhanced integration of renewables and storage combined with intelligent control of the power flow. The demand for primary energy and the carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced and a decentralized energy infrastructure will be facilitated by these solutions.
CONNECT investigates new concepts and technologies for power conversion that will be specifically developed for bidirectional power exchange with the grid and for controllable power flow in order to support the extended integration of renewables like PV and local storage. Power quality optimization will be explored in order to avoid unnecessary energy flows in the grid.
The enhanced capabilities of the power conversion fit seamlessly to the smart energy management systems researched in CONNECT applicable for single/multiple buildings and quarters. Monitoring approaches and advanced control algorithms will be developed which take into account renewable energy sources, local storage and electric vehicles for peak demand reduction and optimization of local generation, consumption and storage.
In order to fully exploit the advantages of the aforementioned technologies it is necessary to enhance the data transmission capacity of the smart grid communication infrastructure. For this purpose CONNECT will develop solutions for high interoperable, high data rate local and wide area communication in the grid with enhanced security in order to protect this critical infrastructure against attacks. Particular effort is spend to minimize the power consumption of the developed solutions.
Selected results of CONNECT are planned to be demonstrated not only in lab environment but also in close to real life scenarios.
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22529 Hamburg
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91054 Erlangen
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52062 Aachen
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52068 Aachen
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82166 Graefelfing
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81243 Bratislava
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962 31 Sliac
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5223 MB S-Hertogenbosch
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5223 MB 'S-Hertogenbosch
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5612 AE Eindhoven
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5684 PH Best
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1096 CJ Amsterdam
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08225 Terrassa
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08860 Castelldefels Barcelona
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08006 Barcelona
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20864 Agrate Brianza
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00198 Roma
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00198 Roma
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40125 Bologna
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35122 Padova
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56126 Pisa
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10129 Torino
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40126 Bologna
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44121 Ferrara
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70126 Bari
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00191 Roma
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